in good part

1. take in good part . Accept good-naturedly or with good grace; without taking offense. For example, She took her brother's teasing in good part . [Mid-1500s]

2. Mostly, to a great extent, as in Their failure is in good part the result of poor management . Also see for the most part .

Example Sentences

No signatory, again other than North Korea, has gone that route, in good part because they recognize the gist of Kennedy’s cautions about the “Nth country problem”—and, in the case of America’s allies, because they have trusted, or at least felt it’s useful to feign trusting, our “nuclear umbrella.”

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A California Democrat sits atop the party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history, thanks in good part to the machinations of another California Democrat who helped elbow the incumbent — and nominee-in-waiting — aside.

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Biden and his party bucked history and enjoyed a relatively successful 2022 midterm election in good part because turnout in election battlegrounds surged among women and younger voters — both groups that tend to support legal abortion.

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Mr. Putin’s calculus, in good part, appears tied to the war in Ukraine.

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Historians and sociologists say the scale of these trips is unusual in recent history, owing in good part to the geography of the conflict in Ukraine, where vast swathes of territory remain relatively safe and are accessible from the rest of mainland Europe.

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